Networks are fun to explore. The one here is based on programs of MESA annual meetings (2009–2016) that are available online at the MESA Website.

There are 4,833 members on the MESA website at the moment; 1,277 members have no participated in an organized panel, round table or a thematic conversation.

Jekyll with servr and knitr

Since it is common at MESA to put papers into adhoc/assembled sessions, we occasionally find ourselves in an unfamiliar company. For this reason it makes sense to exclude

Jekyll with servr and knitr

Top 25 communities are 40, 7, 51, 18, 59, 12, 1, 39, 31, 24, 15, 36, 21, 29, 20, 11, 2, 16, 44, 19, 32, 57, 27, 25, 4.

On the method and techniques

The data has been collected from the official MESA website—only what is openly accessible has been included into the dataset (in other words, if you chose not to make your profile public, your data is not in the dataset). The data has been downloaded with wget, refotmatted with a series of scripts written in python. The data was then reformatted into two network models: 1) where scholars are connected through panels and sessions they participate; 2) assembled panels—i.e. those that were not organized—were excluded from the second model so that the dataset includes only connections that scholars themselves choose. In both cases, scholars with multiple roles (such as an Organizer and a Presenter) were given more weight, to stress their active engagement. The network analysis is performed in Gephi, and the results were saved into an interactive network using Sigma.js plugin. Detailed reports were then algorithmically generated for all major intellectual communities (with the size of at least 1%) has been generated algorithmically, using R, R Mmarkdown, and the knitr package (NB: A special thank you to Thomas Köntges for repeating time and again that I should be using knitr!).

What’s in the reports?

Some explanations about numbers are in order…

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Community #1 (Modularity: 40)

The community has 285 members (5.897%). The top features of the community are as follows: Disciplines: Political Science (121), History (33), Anthropology (19), Sociology (18), International Relations/Affairs (17); Subfields: Middle East/Near East Studies (85), Comparative (65), Democratization (54), Arab Studies (50), Political Economy (49); Geographical focus: All Middle East (91), Egypt (76), Arab States (50), Lebanon (31), Jordan (30); Languages of expertise: Arabic (174), French (122), English (82), German (49), Spanish (42); Members have degrees from: Harvard U (17), Georgetown U (13), New York U (12), Princeton U (9), UC, Berkeley (9); Most active members are: Lust, Ellen (79), Schwedler, Jillian M. (78), Stacher, Joshua (76), Heydemann, Steven (74), Cammett, Melani C. (68).

1. Disciplines

Detailed list of disciplines: Political Science (121), History (33), Anthropology (19), Sociology (18), International Relations/Affairs (17), Economics (5), Religious Studies/Theology (4), Education (3), Literature (3), Law (3), Medicine/Health (3), Geography (2)

2. Subfields

Detailed list of subdisciplines: Middle East/Near East Studies (85), Comparative (65), Democratization (54), Arab Studies (50), Political Economy (49), Islamic Studies (35), Gender/Women’s Studies (34), Development (33), 19th-21st Centuries (33), Foreign Relations (31), Arab-Israeli Conflict (28), Identity/Representation (28), State Formation (27), Security Studies (25), Nationalism (24), Conflict Resolution (23), Colonialism (21), Maghreb Studies (18), Diaspora/Refugee Studies (17), Iranian Studies (17), Islamic Law (16), Gulf Studies (16), Islamic Thought (15), Cultural Studies (14), Turkish Studies (14), Human Rights (14), Public Policy (13), Urban Studies (13), Theory (13), Transnationalism (12), Ethnography (11), Globalization (11), World History (10), Ottoman Studies (9), Current Events (9), Pop Culture (9), Modernization (9), Education (8), Mediterranean Studies (8), Arabic (8), Minorities (8), Health (8), African Studies (7), Peace Studies (7), Cinema/Film (6), Historiography (6), Ethnic Groups (6), Modern (6), History of Religion (6), Population Studies (6), Kurdish Studies (5), Armenian Studies (5), Terrorism (4), Israel Studies (4), 7th-13th Centuries (4), Music (3), Media (3), Pedagogy (3), Trade/Investment (3), Technology (3), All Time Periods (3), Energy Studies (3), South Asian Studies (3), Andalusi Studies (2), 13th-18th Centuries (2), Turkish (2), Translation (2), Mysticism/Sufi Studies (2), Environment (2), Southeast Asian Studies (2), Banking & Finance (2)

3. Geographical focus

Detailed list of geographical regions: All Middle East (91), Egypt (76), Arab States (50), Lebanon (31), Jordan (30), Syria (26), Turkey (25), Palestine (24), Islamic World (21), Iran (21), Gulf (19), Morocco (19), Maghreb (18), Tunisia (13), Mediterranean Countries (11), Israel (11), Fertile Crescent (11), Arabian Peninsula (11), Africa (Sub-Saharan) (11), Europe (10), Iraq (10), Ottoman Empire (9), Yemen (9), Mashreq (8), Kuwait (8), Algeria (7), Sudan (5), Central Asia (4), Qatar (4), The Levant (4), Armenia (4), UAE (4), Saudi Arabia (4), Pakistan (4), India (4), West Bank (3), former Soviet Union (3), Oman (3), Caucasus (3), Kurdistan (2), Afghanistan (2), Mauritania (2), Bahrain (2), Southeast Asia (2), Gaza (2)

4. Languages of expertise

Detailed list of languages: Arabic (174), French (122), English (82), German (49), Spanish (42), Persian (31), Turkish (29), Hebrew (16), Italian (11), Russian (6), Urdu (6), Norwegian (6), Azeri (4), Armenian (4), Japanese (3), Bosnian (2), Tajik (2), (2), Hindi (2), Tagalog (2), Ottoman (2), Kurdish (2), Portuguese (2)

5. Degree granting institutions

Detailed list of degree granting institutions: Harvard U (17), Georgetown U (13), New York U (12), Princeton U (9), UC, Berkeley (9), U Chicago (9), American U, Cairo (9), UC, Los Angeles (9), U Michigan (8), U Oxford (6), Columbia U (6), U Pennsylvania (6), Stanford U (6), Johns Hopkins U (6), LSE (5), U Cambridge (4), U Virginia (4), Brown U (4), McGill U (4), U Oslo (4), Oxford U (3), IEP d’Aix-en-Provence (3), U Florida (3), Ohio State U (3), U Kansas (3), Duke U (3), George Washington U (3), AUB (3), NYU (3), Binghamton U (3), Ankara U (3), Yale U (3), U Copenhagen (2), London School Economics (2), U Houston (2), U St Andrews (2), Kyoto U (2), U Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (2), Brandeis U (2), Cambridge U (2), Boston U (2), Birzeit U (2), Northeastern U (2), U Southern California (2), American U, Beirut (2), U Bremen (2), York U (2), U Tokyo (2), SOAS (2), Cornell U (2), FU, Berlin (2), Florida State U (2), SOAS, U London (2), Northwestern U (2), Cairo U (2), Boğaziçi U (2), U Toronto (2)

6. Most active members of the community

Lust, Ellen (79), Schwedler, Jillian M. (78), Stacher, Joshua (76), Heydemann, Steven (74), Cammett, Melani C. (68), Albrecht, Holger (63), Brownlee, Jason (63), Anderson, Lisa (61), Brown, Nathan J. (58), Yadav, Stacey Philbrick (56), Lynch, Marc (51), Clark, Janine A. (50), Amar, Paul (49), Yom, Sean (48), Harris, Kevan (47), Hammad, Hanan H. (45), Sallam, Hesham (44), Lori, Noora (44), Herb, Michael (44), Patel, David Siddhartha (43), Bishara, Dina (43), Singerman, Diane (42), Schonmann, Noa (41), Tajali, Mona (40), Kurzman, Charles (40), Moghadam, Val (40), Brooke, Steven T. (38), Beinin, Joel (38), Shechter, Relli I. (38), Bellin, Eva (38), Mako, Shamiran (37), Benstead, Lindsay J. (35), Pearlman, Wendy (34), Bayat, Asef (34), Chalcraft, John T. (34), Gause III, F. Gregory (32), Gran, Peter (32), Brouwer, Imco (32), Gasper, Michael (32), Reynolds, Nancy Y. (31), Nugent, Elizabeth R. (30), Volpi, Frederic (30), Blaydes, Lisa (30), Abul-Magd, Zeinab A. (30), Gao, Eleanor (29), Schulhofer-Wohl, Jonah (28), Wedeen, Lisa (28), Kamrava, Mehran (28), Bouziane, Malika (27), Vodopyanov, Anya (26), Reif, Megan E. (26), Mazur, Kevin (25), Moore, Pete W. (25), Utvik, Bjorn Olav (25), Parkinson, Sarah (24), Inhorn, Marcia C. (24), Lucas, Russell (23), Bank, Andre (23), Beaugrand, Claire (23), Gervasio, Gennaro (23), Sorbera, Lucia (23), Fernandez, Bina (22), Doughan, Yazan (22), Hoffmann, Anja (22), Valbjorn, Morten (22), Correa, Dale J. (21), Holmes, Amy Austin (21), Marshall, Shana (21), Trager, Eric (20), Deputy, Emma (20), Harders, Cilja Maren (20), Karakoc, Ekrem (19), Hagler, Aaron (18), Brand, Laurie (18), Hochberg, Gil (18), Visser, Reidar (18), Geukjian, Ohannes (18), Sayej, Caroleen (18), Snider, Marika (17), Norton, Augustus (17), Sternfeld, Rachel A. (17), Daifallah, Yasmeen (17), Nacar, Can (16), Fargues, Philippe (16), Richter, Thomas (16), Selvik, Kjetil (16), Thiollet, Helene (16), Cury, Emily (16), Naufal, George (16), Goldberg, Ellis (16), Menoret, Pascal (16), Sunik, Anna (16), Semerdjian, Elyse (16), El Kurd, Dana (15), Babar, Zahra (15), Vairel, Frederic (15), Ketchley, Neil (15), Kanaaneh, Rhoda (15), Lenner, Katharina (14), Shalaby, Marwa (14), Bush, Sarah (14), Ciftci, Sabri (14), Faris, David (14), Welborne, Bozena (14), Ayeb, Habib (13), Casey, James (13), Tartoussieh, Karim (13), Brumberg, Daniel (13), Abdalla, Nadine (13), Belakhdar, Naoual (13), Bergh, Sylvia (13), Shehata, Samer S. (13), Wuthrich, F. Michael (13), Ghadbian, Najib (12), Abouzzohour, Yasmina (12), Greif, Adi (12), Salloukh, Bassel (12), Shahibzadeh, Yadullah (12), Banai, Hussein (12), Hartshorn, Ian (12), Moustafa, Laila (12), Brynen, Rex J. (12), Ben Shitrit, Lihi (12), Levi-sanchez, Suzanne (12), Mohseni, Payam (11), Baroudi, Sami Emile (11), Quadri, Junaid (11), Ajl, Max (11), Dalmasso, Emanuela (11), Maktabi, Rania (11), Roy, Sara M. (11), Jaraba, Mahmoud (11), Hayward, Emma (11), Koehler, Kevin (11), Guiler, Kimberly (11), Idris, Murad (11), Eibl, Ferdinand (11), Frangie, Samer (10), Shehata, Dina (10), Boyle, Stephanie (10), Boulby, Marion (10), Prakash, Archana (10), Farahat, Omar (10), El-Ghobashy, Mona (10), Weirich, Sarah (10), Salehi-Isfahani, Djavad (10), Reinhart, A. Kevin (10), Weipert-Fenner, Irene (10), Ozok Gundogan, Nilay (10), Abdelrahman, Maha (10), Bardawil, Fadi (10), Hartnett, Allison (9), Masud, Muhammad (9), Torelli, Stefano Maria (9), McGuire, James (9), Tobin, Sarah (9), Sullivan, Denis J. (9), Urgola, Stephen (9), Peters, Anne M. (9), Platas, Melina (8), Weiss, Anita (8), Yildirim, Abdulkadir (8), Goodwin, Jeff (8), Rubin, Lawrence (8), Baumgarten, Helga (8), Abu Moghli, Mai (8), Robbins, Michael (8), Wiltse, David (8), Brown, Charles (8), Halevi, Leor (8), Khosrokhavar, Farhad (8), Sedra, Paul (8), Yildirim, Tevfik Murat (8), Jasper, James (8), Kattan, Victor (7), Perdigon, Sylvain (7), Moaddel, Mansoor (7), Mahdi, Ali Akbar (7), Rizkallah, Amanda (7), Sheldon, Zachary (7), Sinno, Barea (7), Hoffman, Michael (7), Johnston, Trevor (7), Mahmoud, Ashraf (7), Mashayekhi, Mehrdad (7), Zahar, Marie-Joelle (7), Carroll, Katherine Blue (7), Ababneh, Sara (7), Darwich, May (7), Ibrahim, Vivian (7), Barbosa, Gustavo (7), Athamneh, Waed (7), Boroujerdi, Mehrzad (7), Collombier, Virginie (7), Hintz, Lisel (7), Pack, Jason (7), Behi, Kambiz (7), Pancoast, Mary (7), Crane, Sheila (7), Watanabe, Akiko (6), El Shakry, Hoda (6), Springborg, Robert (6), Payaslian, Simon (6), Alsheikh, Hend (6), Maranlou, Sahar (6), Grewal, Sharan (6), Salomon, Noah (6), Schnitzer, Jay (6), Ohl, Dorothy (6), Khan, Sohaib (6), Redman, James (6), Giacaman, Rita (6), Watt, Graham (6), Petkanas, Zoe (6), Pagès-El Karoui, Delphine (6), Quataert, Donald (6), Pargeter, Alison (6), Azad, Hasan (6), Bou Nassif, Hicham (6), Shah, Nasra (6), Khanani, Ahmed (6), Hegel, Christine (6), Tyssen, Tora Systad (6), Kandil, Hazem (6), Koehler-Derrick, Gabriel (6), Euben, Roxanne L. (6), Duboc, Marie (6), Deane, Shelley (6), Laveille, Yasmine (6), Harb, Mona (6), De Bel-Air, Francoise (6), Tripp, Aili Mari (6), El Tarouty, Safinaz (6), Nordenson, Jon (6), Grawert, Elke (6), Malmvig, Helle (6), Krafft, Caroline (6), Mataria, Awad (6), Hoodfar, Homa (6), Mitchell, Penelope (6), Hosoya, Sachiko (6), Ekmanian, Harout (6), Waage, Hilde Henriksen (6), El Sherif, Ashraf (6), Hosoda, Naomi (6), Diwan, Ishac (6), Shahin, Emad (6), Gamal-Eldin, Mohamed (6), Vatthauer, Jan-Philipp (6), Khawaja, Marwan (6), Assaad, Ragui (6), Arat, Zehra F. Kabasakal (5), Tur, Ozlem (5), Hussein, Yamila (5), Kadhim, Abbas (5), Allan, Diana (5), Gunes, Cengiz (5), Sonbol, Amira El-Azhary (5), Mady, Abdelfattah (5), Samin, Nadav (5), Erhan, Cagri (5), Baabood, Abdullah (5), Eder, Mine S. (5), Tank, Pinar (5), Allarakia, Luai (5), Wright, Steven (5), Jawad, Nazek (5), Ozden, Senay (5), AlSoos, Imad (5), Mufti, Malik (5), Graef, Bettina (5), Berriane, Yasmine (5), Shuayb, Maha (5), Nashif, Nadim (5), Hofheinz, Albrecht (5), Muteir, Marwan (5), Rabo, Annika (4), Ayoub, Maysa (4), Ayata, Bilgin (4), Shannon, Jonathan H. (4), Al-Sheikh Hasan, Abdullah (4), Nimis, Sara (4), Wahba, Dina (4), Mohamed, Amira Ahmed (4), Bolton, Caitlyn (4)

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